Match and cigarette holder



July 9, 1929. s. DANAB MATCH AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed March 24 1927 INVENTOR SOLOMOA/DA/VAB ATTORNEY Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFncE.

SOLOMON DANAB, OI BURLING HAM, NEW YORK Myron um CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application filed [arch 24, 1927. Serial No. 177,982.

-' Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device showing matches and a cigarette package held therein.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device shown in Figure 1, the cigarettes being omitted.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are views similar to Figure 2, showing different forms of the invention.

Referring first to the form illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, a back is provided in the form of a package, produced in practice usually from cardboard or stifi paper. Integral with the back 10 is a front 11, between which front and back a book or card of matches, indicated at A, is accommodated. The back 10 is turned up at the front, as at 12, at the lower edge of the back after the manner of match books or cards, the numeral 13 indicating a scratching surface on the upturned edge 12.

Integral with the back 10 at the rear side thereof is a transversely disposed retaining element designated generally by the numeral 14, joined by its ends to the back 10. Extending downwardly from the element 14 is a vertical strip 16 having its lower end 17 formed with a bellows fold, said lower end 17 being integral with the back 10. Usually the element 14 is of two layers or thicknesses, as indicated at 18, each one with its connecting member 15 being integral with a side edge of the back 10.

The strip 16 is advantageously formed by cutting the back 10 and bending said strip 16 with its connecting member 17 outwardly, the upper end 19 of the strip 16 being held between the thicknesses of material 18,-said thicknesses and said end 19 being united by any suitable adhesive in practice. The numeral 20 indicates the opening formed by cuttlng the back 10 to form the strip 16 and its connecting member 17.

In the form shown in Figure 3, the back 110 has a transverse element 114 correspondmg with the element 14, except that the said element has a broader surface and is shown rounded at the top, the purpose being to give an increased area and space for display or advertising matter. The numerals 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119 and 120 correspond with the similar features in the first described construction.

In the form shown in Figure 4, the element 214 is oblong and its end connecting members 215 are of equal height with said element 214. The features designated bv the numerals 210 to 212 inclusive, and those designated by the numerals 215 to 220 inclusire, correspond with the similar features in the constructions above described.

In the form shown in Figure 5, the element 314 corresponds generally with the elements 14, 114 and 214, except that the said element and its end connecting members 315 are of substantially the full height of the back 310. The numerals 310, 311, 312 and 314 to 319 inclusive, correspond with the similar features in the three forms described above, the difference being that in addition to the large height of the element 314 and its ends 315, the opening 320 formed by cutting the material to form the connecting member 317 is only of sufficient height to form the said member 317. The arrangement in Figure 5 confines the exposure of the matches to the front side of the back 310 when the front 311 is raised.

In all forms the element designated 14, 114, 214 and 314 is of such a character as to snugly accommodate within the same a package of cigarettes, indicated in B in Figure 1, the bellows folding end members 15 making for the accommodation of the cigarette packages of different sizes.

The described device in its various forms, it will be obvious, can be made from a single sheet, and in all examples illustrated the cigarette retaining elements is braced by the element extending downwardly from the cigarette holding strip or transverse element and is made integral with the lower edge of the back.

I would state furthermore that while the illustrated examples constitute a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the s )irit of the invention as defined in the a pen ed claims.

I c aim:

1. As a new article of manufacture,-a match and cigarette holder, comprising a back adapted to have a card of matches secured on its front face, and a front integral with the back-and foldable over the matches, the back being provided with a transverse member extending across its rear face in spaced relation thereto, and with a striplike member struck up therefrom and extending from the lower portion and having its end secured to the transverse member,

said member forming with the back a holder for a cigarette package.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a match and cigarette holder, comprising a back adapted to have a card of matches sccurcd on its front face, and a front integral with the back and foldablc over the matches, the back being provided with a transverse member extending from the side across its rear face in spaced relation thereto, the ends of the member being folds, and with a str1p-like member extending from the lower portion and having its end secured to the transverse member, the lower end of said member being formed with a bellows fold, the said member forming with the back an expansibleholder for a cigarette package.

SOLOMON DANAB.

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